Shoe-sole.



R. C. ROSS.

n SHOE lsoLa. APPLICATION FILED SEPT.V21,1908.

f 91 3, 167. Patented Feb. 23, g9o9.

ld/265 ses 'UNITED s-TATEs PATENT oEEioE.

ROBERT 0. ROSS,IOF WILMETTE, ILLINOIS.

SHOE -SOLE .,Spec'cation of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1909.

I Application --led September 21, 1908. Serial No. 454,075.

To alltviofm it may coacemj Beitknown that I, ROBERT C. Ross, a

citizen of the United States of America, and

a resident oflvilmette, Cook county, Illinois, have invented lcertain new and useful Im-A lproveinents in 4Shoe-Soles, of which the fol- .lowing is a specification.

. Themaln objects of this invent-ion are to provide improved means for affording complete protection against the puncturing of the insole by the nails` in the heel portion of. the' sole; and to provide an. improved .shield for this'purpose having an extension', 1 adapted to perfo'rinthc function of the usual spring tongue in the ,instep of the sole. These'objects are accomplished by the device shown" in `the accompanying drawing, in

is a plan 'ofthe shield plate.

whichr f K lfi's a top plan of a shoe-sole con- Figure.

str ucted' according tovthis invention; Fig.

2 is afsectibnr on the line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig.

' yThe drawings show only such pa'rtsofy the shoe 'as have aA direct bearing onffthis invention.. e

In theconstruct-ion shown inthe vdrawings the, .insole l is -of-'theusual form except that it has'the heel-portion throughout the nail# ing surface split open between its upper and lower faces to forni the flaps or parts 2 and 3. (The parts'whichare usually nailed to the insole, as for instance the inwardly flanged K .edges offthe part 5, are in this construction- Lnailed tothe lower flap 3 only, the nails 'fl beingc'lenched onthe upper surface of the' parti;l

A shield plate 6 is interposed betweenthe parts2and3 and prevents the upperpart 2 i vfror'nQbeinigpunctured byv thel nails 4. The shield plate 6 has an extension or tongue 7 which extends through a slit 8 inthe part 3 and then along the `under surface of the insole.' Thel tongue 7 is tempered so as to serve asaspring forpthe instep of the sole. lA rel intowhich the endof the tongue 7 -is inserted, thereby forming a support for the cess 9 is cut in the-underside ofthe insole forward end. The plate 6 is also made slightly concave upwardly, as shown in Fig. 2, to conform to the shape of the wearlers foot and the shank 7 Vis arched in the usual manner. `The shank 7 isoffset where it passes through the slit 8 so as to avoid distortion of the upper surface of the insole. The plate 6 serves to clench any n ails which may be driven too deeply in securing the heel to the. sole; and it' also prevents the lnails of the heel from afterward working upward through the insole while the shoe is 1n use.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

l. In a shoe, the combination of an insole having the heel portion thereof split between its upper and lower surfaces to form two flaps connected together at the front 'of the4 heel, the lowerilap beingadapted to have parts of the shoe nailed thereto, and a metal 'shield permanently interposed between said L flaps and adapted to from being puncture disposed along and adjacent to the front of the heel, and a metal shield permanently interposed between said flaps vand adapted'to protect said upper iap from being punctured by nails in said lower flap, said shield having a shank at its forward end extending throughvsaid slit and then' extending along the under side ofthe 'instepof said insole,

`said shank being offset at said slit to avoid distortion of the upper surface of said in- 4 sole.

`3. Inn shoe', the'combination of an insole having the heel portion thereof split between its upper and lower surfaces to formtwo iiaps connected together at the front of the heel, ,the lower flap being adapted to have parts of the shoe nailed thereto, and a metal shield permanentlyinterposed between said i flaps `and adapted to'protect upper ap' 'tending through said lower Hap andthen eX- tember, 1908.

seat for said front -endxforsecuring it to the insole, A l

' Signed at Chicago this 18th day 0f Sep.

" ROBERT o. Ross'.

from being punotured by the nails in said lower flapzl s aiclshield having a shank extending along theunder side'of the. instep of' said insole, said` insole having theein a re- A Witnesses: cess in its under side adjacent to the front O. F. PURGEL'U, end of the shank van'dadapted` to serye as a l R. REDFIELD. 

